Positive Psychology: Time Use Matters

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Time Use Matters

Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it, because, on the day of
judgment, all will have to render a strict account of it to the supreme Judge. Oh, if only all could
understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy
manner! St. Padre Pio

Make hay while the sun shines. Do not put of till tomorrow what you can do today. It's easy enough to be
wise after the event, besides, who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the
voice of the royal prophet: "Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, do not turn a deaf ear."

Let us arise and make use of the fleeting moment which alone is ours. Let us not put off from one moment
to another because the latter is not yet ours. St. Padre Pio

Make hay while the sun shines. Do not put of till tomorrow what you can do today. It's easy enough to be wise after the event, besides, who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of the royal prophet: "Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, do not turn a deaf ear."

Let us arise and make use of the fleeting moment which alone is ours. Let us not put off from one moment to another because the latter is not yet ours. St. Padre Pio

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."